EA/rationality has this tension between valuing independent thought, and the fact that most original ideas are stupid. But the point of independent thinking isn’t necessarily coming up with original conclusions. It’s that no one else can convey their models fully so if you want to have a model with fully fleshed-out gears you have to develop it yourself.
EA/rationality has this tension between valuing independent thought, and the fact that most original ideas are stupid. But the point of independent thinking isn’t necessarily coming up with original conclusions. It’s that no one else can convey their models fully so if you want to have a model with fully fleshed-out gears you have to develop it yourself.
Well-known in tech circles. Ideas are cheap. Selection of promising ideas is somewhat valuable. Good execution of ideas is the major bottleneck.